Debt collection. Credit reporting. Payday loans. Consumer complaints to a federal database used to help reveal issues and ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is a federal agency in Washington that ensures fair treatment for financial consumers. It enforces federal consumer financial laws, supervises financial ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA), as proposed by the Obama administration, is intended to be an independent agency with sole rule-making and enforcement authority for all federal ...

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have put forward legislation to restructure an independent consumer protection agency, including how the federal government funds the bureau.

More than a year after Lehman Brothers' collapse set off a financial panic, Senate negotiators appear close to resolving a narrow dispute that was holding up broad legislation to set new rules for ...

Fifteen years ago last month, following the financial crisis, the Dodd-Frank Act was signed into law. One of the most significant changes ushered in under Dodd-Frank was the creation of a new federal ...

Democrats are pressing the CFPB for clarification on new rules it announced. The rules may make it difficult for consumers to get assistance with complaints.

A soft-spoken but incisive and insistent critic of the cozy relationship between government and the banking industry, Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren is a top pick among Democratic leaders for ...

A federal judge ordered Russell T. Vought, the bureau’s acting director, to keep requesting funds for the financial watchdog’s operations. By Stacy Cowley To comply with a federal judge’s order that ...